Historical Dagger
Historical Dagger This award is for the best historical crime novel, first published in the UK in English during the judging period, set in any period up to 50 years prior to the year in which the award will be made. For novels that involve passages...
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction
ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction This Dagger is for any non-fiction work on a crime-related theme by an author of any nationality as long as the book was first published in the UK in English during the judging period. The Dagger encompasses, tho...
Short Story Dagger
Short Story Dagger This award is for any crime short story first published in the UK in English during the Judging Period, whether on its own or within an anthology or collection. Upon publication it must have been for sale to the public, either in ...
Dagger in the Library
Dagger in the Library The Dagger in the Library 2024 is closed. Thank you for voting! The Dagger in the Library is a prize for a body of work by an established writer of crime fiction or non-fiction who has long been popular with borrowers from...
Debut Dagger
Emerging Author Dagger The Emerging Author Dagger (formerly the Debut Dagger) 2024 is now closed. The Emerging Author Dagger 2025 will open 1 October 2024. Announcements for the Emerging Author Dagger Longlist: This will be announced in mid...
Crime readers
Crime readers The CRA Our Crime Readers’ Association, set up to both promote crime writing in general and give a platform to our author members, now distributes monthly and bi-monthly communications to around 12,000 subscribers and rising. ...
Aspiring writers
Aspiring writers The CWA supports not only the crime-writing present, but the future of crime writing by extending a helping hand to new, unpublished writers....
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